Noctua NH-U12A, Premium CPU Cooler with High-Performance Quiet NF-A12x25 PWM Fans (120mm, Brown)

Awesome product, keeping my Ryzen 7 3800X 20°-30° cooler under load than the stock cooler

Ive got this in an ITX build with the NR200P case.

the cooler is quiet and does a great job on cpu cooling / thermals. amazing!

A very quick installed. Quiet Fan and more reliable than my liquid cooler.

volevo prendere il dh15 ma siccome è un bestione avevo paura che non ci stava nel mio case, quindi ho optato per questo U12A sempre noctua che dire.. ragazzi si adatta a tutti i tipi di settaggio senza problemi è leggermente più piccolo, quindi più adattivo per venire incontro alle esigenze di noi clienti. Fa il suo lavoro egregiamente! mi raccomando a montare le ventole (MONTATELE PER IL VERSO GIUSTO CON LA FRECCIA RIVOLTA VERSO IL RETRO DEL PC), montaggio semplice ed intuitivo istruzioni in eng ma comprensibili anche per chi non sa la lingua! lo consiglio? SI.

When I was pulling together the components for my recent computer build, I was toying with the idea of water-cooling the I9 CPU, but opted to try air-cooling first. Enter the Noctua NH-U12A and the online reviews indicated that it was designed to provide better clearance over the taller RAM DIMMs on the market. When I test-fit this cooler onto the I9 mounted on an ASUS ROG Maximus XI Extreme motherboard, it looked like it would indeed mount nicely with some overlap of the RAM DIMM slots. Unfortunately, the forward fan doesnt clear my DIMMs, but there is an interesting workaround. The way Noctua mounts these fans to the radiator, they can be mounted higher and moving the fan up half of an inch up did the trick. Everything fits and works quietly. The only downside was the brown fans and rather than replace these, I mounted a 120mm Phanteks Lux RGB fan frame which plugs into the Aura port on the motherboard and computer case to provide an integrated look and mask that brown fan. As for cooling, I ran some overclocking stress tests on my system and the Noctua air-cooler kept the CPU below 70 degrees Centigrade while overclocking around 5 GHz on the CPU. Your results will vary based on overall airflow through your case, I am using the Phanteks Evolv X with the glass doors closed and having great airflow. One note of caution - the NH-U12A is tall, and by offsetting the front fan higher, you may have clearance problems in a narrower computer case. This offset works fine inside the Evolv X.

One of, if not THE best air cooler on the market.

Noctua e sempre una garanzia. Questo non è un dissipatore qualsiasi, questo è il dissipatore! Sarà anche un 120mm ma fa a botte con dissipatori ad aria e a liquido più grossi di lui. Silenzioso da far paura e capace di tenere fresca qualsiasi CPU. Certo costa un bel po (ma sempre meno di un qualsiasi dissipatore a liquido decente) ma basta pensare che solo una ventola (che non e altro che il nuovo top di gamma di noctua) vale 30 euro, (e qui ne abbiamo due) quindi il prezzo poi non e così eccessivo.

I was hoping the size of the fan would have a smaller footprint but alas it did not. That being said it is very quiet.

I bought this cooler to replace my stock Intel CPU cooler after watching a Linus Tech Tips video comparing coolers. The Noctua ones seemed to work better than even some basic liquid cooling systems and I was blown away by the effect in my own computer.